Author: Ben Wallace
-
The Real Epstein Cover-Up
Rachel Louise Snyder grasps the big picture that so many have missed in this NYT essay. As I shared with her: “..it came very close to killing me to fight for just one high-net-worth individual to no longer have unfettered access to young women — …
-
U.N. Commission Finds That Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza: What Does It Mean?
On Sept. 16, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (COI) published a report finding that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The Commission concluded that Israel has committed four of the five underlying acts of genocide listed in the 1948 …
-
Sudan’s humanitarian emergency continues
With the world’s attention focused on other conflicts, humanitarian organisations are urging people not to forget about Sudan. Two years in to a brutal civil war, tens of thousands of people have been killed in the north African nation and more than 12 million displaced. …
-
The Trump Administration’s Use of State Power Against Media: Keeping Track of the Big Picture
Faced with a barrage of breaking news out of the Trump administration, it is easy to become paralyzed. This is arguably intentional: Flood the zone to ensure the news cycle is so overwhelming that the media (not to mention, the public) cannot keep up. In …
-
US Arrests Former Syrian Prison Chief – But Will the Charges Prove Equal to His Crimes?
Samir Ousman al-Sheikh was about to board a one-way flight from Los Angeles to Beirut when his trip came to a sudden stop. Earlier this month, agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security arrested al-Sheikh, who has been charged with immigration fraud for lying on his …
-
The Just Security Podcast: Unpacking the European Court of Human Rights Decision on Russia’s Violations in Ukraine
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered its highly anticipated judgement in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia–a watershed moment in international human rights law.
-
Digital Evidence: Facilitating What and for Whom?
The emergence of user-generated evidence has revolutionized how atrocities and human rights violations are documented globally. Since 2011, when Syrian human rights defenders began documenting atrocities on their smartphones, a professional field has emerged around the collection, authentication, and preservation of digital evidence. However, this …
-
Visa Revocations Disregard South Sudan War Risks, Overlook U.S. Communities’ Embrace of Refugees
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Saturday that the State Department was acting to “revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further issuance to prevent entry into the United States by South Sudanese passport holders.” The rationale for this sweeping announcement is that …
-
The Imperative of Solidarity in Response to Assaults on Legal Services, Universities, and Independent Media
Through the fog of norm-defying news, at least one pattern is clear: President Donald Trump is targeting three bulwarks of democracy and the rule of law: lawyers (law firms and legal service organizations), academics (universities), and journalists (independent news media). His emerging playbook is to …
-
Trump is fast dismantling the free press. We all have to stop him.
As Rebecca Hamilton, an American University law professor, put it in Just Security last month, it all amounts to “a wholesale effort by Trump and his allies to eviscerate the free press in order to construct an information ecosystem dominated and controlled by those who espouse his …
